America Quote by James McBride Download Open image “The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.” — James McBride ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare America America Filmmakers Black Black america Filmmaker Filmmakers Question Religion Religion Religion Black Want
One can't imagine a Hollywood film whose entire purpose was to ridicule, say, homosexual activists, feminists, animal rights crusaders, or environmentalists. That would be… — Lloyd Billingsley Copy Share Image
I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
“It has been said that the Negroes do not connect morals with religion. The historian would like to know what race or nation does… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
We are used to filmmakers telling us what it means to be black in America and we're always instructing it, like we're teaching a… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
Films portraying successful black people getting married are great, but films that only show one aspect of our culture, bother me. — Drake Copy Share Image
Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where… — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
“Most black folk get the moral intent of black prophecy and believe that they and their divine mouthpieces have a God-given right to express… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it… — Tim Reid Copy Share Image
A movie should be made keeping in mind they are not hurting any religious sentiments. — Raza Murad Copy Share Image
Some things in this world just ain't meant to be, not in the times we want 'em to, and the heart has to hold… — James McBride Copy Share Image
There are some really great books that have been written about slavery, but I don't think that the discourse about it in society has… — James McBride Copy Share Image
There are two responses to really awful things. One is to lament and say, "Oh my God, oh lord." And the other is to… — James McBride Copy Share Image
If you're going to cheat and take people's history and you're not writing the Bible, you ain't really so great. But if you try… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“Most cars drove through there because the drivers is either from The Bottom and wanna get home - or they ain't from The Bottom… — James McBride Copy Share Image
There has to be some mystery in life, because the joy of being a writer and the joy of being a musician is the… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“And when James asked what color God was, she said, God is the color of water.” — James McBride Copy Share Image
I'm proud of 'Miracle at St. Anna' and I loved it; there's no question in my mind it's as good as any movie that… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“back,” Daddy said. “It’ll work out.” He had no idea what to do about Helen. They spoke a completely different language. He was an… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I'm one of the few Black writers, or African American writers, who managed to work my way through the system so that it has… — James McBride Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
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